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AFME EU and UK Approaches to Greenwashing Enforcement in the Financial Market: A Comparison

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/30/2025

The briefing contains a mapping exercise and analysis of the approach taken by the European Supervisory Authorities and the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority to address risks or concerns relating to such greenwashing. The...more

EU DORA: Are you in scope, and if so, how can you prepare?

King & Spalding on 12/23/2024

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised and comprehensive framework for information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. It is a directly applicable EU...more

The Standard Formula Podcast | The SFCR and Other Public Reporting: A Solvency II Cornerstone

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/25/2024

“The Standard Formula” host Rob Chaplin is joined by Chiara Iorizzo to delve into the crucial, yet complex, public reporting component of Solvency II. This episode explores the Solvency and Financial Condition Report...more

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 14: The SFCR and Other Public Reporting

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/13/2024

The SFCR and Other Public Reporting - Introduction - The Solvency II regime, as legislated in the Solvency II Directive and elaborated upon in Chapter XII of the EU Commission Level 2 Delegated Regulation (2015/35), is...more

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 13: Supervision

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/5/2024

1. The Supervision Regime - Proportionality - The supervision regime is built on the principle of “proportionality,” in an effort to ensure that supervision remains effective and meets its underlying purposes without...more

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 12: Undertakings in Difficulty

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/31/2024

Undertakings in difficulty, in the context of Solvency II, refers to insurers that are either failing or likely to fail to meet their solvency capital requirement (SCR) or their minimum capital requirement (MCR) (together,...more

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 10: Governance Requirements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/4/2024

Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more

Insurance regulatory news, August 2021

Hogan Lovells on 8/2/2021

Solvency II review: PRA QIS material and related Dear CEO letter on data gathering The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has updated its Solvency II Review Quantitative Impact Study (QIS) webpage with the QIS materials,...more

Insurance regulatory news, July 2021 #3

Hogan Lovells on 7/19/2021

COVID-19 BI insurance test case: FCA updates webpage The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated the webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case. The FCA has published the Supreme Court order varying...more

Insurance regulatory news, July 2021

Hogan Lovells on 7/6/2021

UK Solvency II regime review: HM Treasury response to call for evidence HM Treasury has published a response to its October 2020 call for evidence on the review of the UK Solvency II prudential regime for insurers....more

Insurance regulatory news, February 2021 # 4

Hogan Lovells on 2/22/2021

COVID-19: FCA update on BI insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case....more

Insurance regulatory news, February 2021 # 2

Hogan Lovells on 2/9/2021

Solvency II: PRA letter to life insurers on application of effective value test -The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has sent a letter to the Chief Actuaries of life insurers on feedback on the application of the...more

ESMA’s Post-Brexit Regime for UK Investment Firms Revisited—‘Equivalence’ or Direct Regulation?

A&O Shearman on 10/22/2020

The European Union’s financial regulatory regime for third-country access in many sectors relies on a framework of “equivalence,” whereby institutions based in approved non-EU countries with similar standards may have varying...more

FCA Decides Not to Implement EIOPA Guidelines in United Kingdom

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 7/29/2020

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on July 8 that the guidelines issued by the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) on outsourcing to cloud service providers are not applicable to...more

Insurance regulatory news, July 2020 #4

Hogan Lovells on 7/29/2020

COVID-19: FCA updates on business interruption insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a number of updates to its webpage on the High Court test case concerning business interruption...more

Corporate Insurance Newsletter – February 2020

Hogan Lovells on 3/5/2020

Dormant assets scheme: HM Treasury and DCMS consult on expansion - HM Treasury and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) jointly published on 21 February 2020, a consultation paper on expanding the...more

Corporate Insurance Newsletter – January 2020

Hogan Lovells on 2/6/2020

The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for January 2020 has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. In this...more

Planning for a post-Brexit world: spotlight on insurance

BCLP on 2/3/2020

Financial services firms have spent a small fortune in planning for a post-Brexit world. Now that the UK has left the EU and we are in an implementation period due to end on 31 December 2020, this article looks at what forms...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 13 December 2019 - 19 December 2019

A&O Shearman on 12/27/2019

CAPITAL MARKETS - Please see Conduct for an update on the IOSCO report on conflicts of interests and risks during the debt capital raising process - FCA publish Primary Market Bulletin - On 17 December 2019, the FCA...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 6 December 2019 - 12 December 2019

A&O Shearman on 12/17/2019

BREXIT - Please see the Consumer/Retail section for an update on the FCA’s Quarterly Consultation Paper, which discusses Brexit-related changes to the Handbook & new EU binding technical standards (BTS) following the...more

Corporate Insurance Newsletter – November 2019

Hogan Lovells on 12/16/2019

The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for November has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 15 November 2019 - 21 November 2019

A&O Shearman on 11/26/2019

BREXIT - EC outlines plans for sustainable finance and proposes extension to the temporary equivalence regime for UK CCPs post-Brexit - On 15 November, the EC published a speech by Mr Dombrovskis, European Commissioner...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 8 - 14 November 2019

A&O Shearman on 11/20/2019

UPCOMING SEMINARS - Convergence, divergence and disturbance: What’s next for financial regulation in Europe? On 19 November, 8.30am to 9.30am, a panel of A&O’s European regulatory partners will discuss issues facing their...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 18 – 24 October 2019

A&O Shearman on 11/6/2019

BREXIT - The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 On 24 October, the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 were made, and an...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 11 – 17 October 2019

A&O Shearman on 10/24/2019

BREXIT - Brexit negotiations - On 17 October, the UK government and the EC reached an agreement on a revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement, and a revised political declaration on the...more

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